Although U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was raised in a Baptist church (his father serving as a Baptist deacon) and occasionally attends a local Presbyterian church in Washington D.C., many Christians of the North are of the opinion that he is not a Christian, while most Southern whites consider Lincoln to be evil incarnate. An anonymous…
Now fully on the march westward and southward from Atlanta, Union General William T. Sherman‘s army is spread out from the vicinity of Jackson to Oxford. His exact intentions are unclear to citizens of Georgia, yet many cities and towns in the potential path of the army have little, if any, resources to prepare defenses.…
Today in Georgia Union General William T. Sherman, preparing for his march across Georgia to the port city of Savannah, issues Special Field Orders No. 120. The orders declare that the army “will forage liberally on the country during the march,” including “corn or forage of any kind, meat of any kind, vegetables, corn-meal, or…